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MATTER OF VERN H.

Supreme Court No. S-17438.

486 P.3d 1123 (2021)

In the MATTER OF the Necessity for the Hospitalization of VERN H.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 14, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly R. Taylor , Assistant Public Defender, and Samantha Cherot , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Vern H.

Anna Jay , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General, Juneau, for State of Alaska.

Before: Bolger, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, and Carney, Justices. [Borghesan, Justice, not participating.]

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal raises two questions about involuntarily detaining an individual in jail pending transport to a hospital for a civil commitment mental health evaluation. First, when transport is not immediately available and the individual requests a review hearing, what standard of proof...

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